kite(1) (iou) and Rhododendron (medicine)

kite(1) (iou)

kite noun.
[Old English cta, from base also of Middle High German Kuze (German Kauz) screech-owl & Other words echoing various cries.]
Any of various medium-sized birds of prey of the genus Milvus and related genera (family Accipitridae), with long wings, forked tail, and soaring flight; esp. (more fully red kite) a reddish-brown European kite, Milvus milvus. OE.
black kite, brahminy kite, swallow-tailed kite, whistling kite, etc.
A person who preys on or exploits others, a sharper, a shark; a worthless or contemptible person, a wretch. arch. M16.
Shakespeare King Lear Detested kite! thou liest.
A toy consisting of a light frame covered with a light thin material, usu. in the form of an isosceles triangle with a circular arc as base or a quadrilateral symmetrical about the longer diagonal and having a tail for balance, flown in the wind at the end of a long string. Also, a modification of a toy kite designed to support a person in the air or to form part of an unpowered aircraft. M17.
fly a kite: see FLY verb. go fly a kite: see FLY verb. high as a kite: see HIGH adjective.
L. Durrell Children flying their coloured kites in the quick fresh evening wind.
b. An aeroplane. slang (orig. Military). E20.
a. A bill of exchange used for raising money on credit; an accommodation bill. slang. E19.
b. A letter, a communication, esp. an illicit one; spec. a letter or verbal message smuggled into, out of, or within a prison. slang. M19.
c. A cheque, esp. a fraudulent one. slang. E20.
Nautical.
a. In pl. The highest sails of a ship, set only in a light wind. Also flying-kites. M19.
b. On a minesweeper: a device attached to a sweep-wire submerging it to the requisite depth when it is towed over a minefield. E20.
Geometry. A quadrilateral figure symmetrical about one diagonal. L19.
Comb.: kite balloon a balloon anchored to the ground with a long string or wire, used for scientific or Other purposes; kite bar a bar or stripe of an undesirable colour in the plumage of a fancy pigeon; kitefish = moonfish (d) s.v. MOON noun1; kite-flyer a person who flies a kite (lit. & fig.); kite-flying (a) the flying of a kite on a string; (b) the raising of money by Writing or passing fraudulent or unbacked cheques; (c) the trying out of a proposal etc.; the making of an announcement or taking of a step in order to ascertain public opinion; kite-man a person who obtains money against bills of exchange or cheques that will not be honoured; Kitemark a kite-shaped mark granted for use on goods approved by the British Standards Institution; kite-mark verb trans. use the Kitemark on; kite-photograph a photograph taken by means of a camera attached to a kite or kite balloon; kite's-foot tobacco a bright-coloured variety of tobacco.

Rhododendron (medicine)

rhododendron
<botany> A genus of shrubs or small trees, often having handsome evergreen leaves, and remarkable for the Beauty of their flowers; rosebay.

Origin: L, fr. Gr. "rododendron, literally, rose tree; "rodon rose + dendron tree. See Rose.

Source: Websters Dictionary

Sites

Pest Star